republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-854.md

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Bill	Employment regulation and supervision: unpaid wages.	Existing law provides for the regulation of farm labor contractors and of garment manufacturers by the Labor Commissioner and for their licensure and registration, respectively, by the commissioner.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20092010	AB 854	California AB 854 (20092010)	bill	Employment regulation and supervision: unpaid wages.	enacted	Arambula	9	25	7	2009-02-26	2009-10-11	openstates	ocd-bill/d9fb56b1-2ecb-45c9-9e1d-6b9083501fb8	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB854	e72500b21260e1d1e55f0d6e4391e5f34a4c41e955e12f8ff98d0fc896cc0b42	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 854 (20092010) — Employment regulation and supervision: unpaid wages.

Existing law provides for the regulation of farm labor contractors and of garment manufacturers by the Labor Commissioner and for their licensure and registration, respectively, by the commissioner.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. 02/26/09 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/31/09 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/01/09 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/29/09 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/14/09 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/17/09 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 10/11/09 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB854 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/10/09 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 854 ARAMBULA Assembly Third Reading — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB854 Arambula By DeSaulnier — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 854 ARAMBULA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Arambula — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2009-02-26 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2009-02-27 From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.
• 2009-03-26 Referred to Com. on L. & E. referral-committee
• 2009-03-31 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2009-04-01 Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. referral-committee
• 2009-04-23 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 22). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2009-05-06 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2009-05-29 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 28). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2009-06-01 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2009-06-02 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2009-06-02 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1961.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2009-06-03 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2009-06-18 Referred to Com. on L. & I.R. referral-committee
• 2009-06-29 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on L. & I.R. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2009-07-13 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (July 8). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2009-07-14 Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1
• 2009-08-17 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2009-08-18 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 17). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2009-08-19 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2009-09-02 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 2. Page 2112.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2009-09-03 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2009-09-08 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3099.) amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2009-09-29 Enrolled and to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
• 2009-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2009-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 256, Statutes of 2009.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d9fb56b1-2ecb-45c9-9e1d-6b9083501fb8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).